Firebase is a bottleneck when it comes to complex queries. Full-text search isn't possible in Firestore. I think it is better for prototyping, but for a scalable production app, it needs to become more mature.
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Firebase is a bottleneck when it comes to complex queries. Full-text search isn't possible in Firestore. I think it is better for prototyping, but for a scalable production app, it needs to become more mature.
You definitely have a point, you can incorporate full text search using a third party product like algolia + firestore